Oh, Say...

Do you know the words to America the Beautiful? Here they are:

                     http://evelynsrockpages.blogspot.com (for Renee Fleming's version)

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties, Above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed his grace on thee, 
And crowned thy good with brotherhood, 
From sea to shining sea!

2 
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness!

 
America! America! God shed his grace on thee, 
And crowned thy good with brotherhood, 
From sea to shining sea!

3
O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!

 
America! America! God shed his grace on thee, 
And crowned thy good with brotherhood, 
From sea to shining sea!

4
O beautiful for patriot dreams that see beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!


America! America! God shed his grace on thee, 
And crowned thy good with brotherhood, 
From sea to shining sea!

Katherine Lee Bates and

Samuel A. Ward 

songwriters

 

The Castle Lady

To My Mother

This fabulous poem written by a mere child fits my sentiments towards my mother perfectly. I know you're happy in heaven Mom but you know you're thought about daily and I'm looking forward to the day when we will once again be reunited as mother and child. Love, Evelyn, the Castle Lady!

by Laurel L. Hoye, age 8

You are like an everlasting friendship.

You are like a secret almost

too wonderful to keep.

You are like the beginning, end and everything

in between.

You are like a spring shower.

You are like the sun shining on me and

keeping me warm.

You are like a wild flower in a meadow.

You are like a very knowledgeable volume

of encyclopedias.

You are like you and I love you.

Wopila Kaniyeyapi

Happy Thanksgiving everybody !

Happy Thanksgiving everybody !

The Castle Lady